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ROUTINE WASHINGTON
TELEGRAM NO. 341
CONFIDENTIAL
TO FOREIGN OFFICE
3 FEBRUARY 1967
ADDRESSED TO FOREIGN OFFICE TELEGRAM NO 341 OF 3 FEBRUARY REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO HONG KONG, MANILA, SEOUL,
POLAD SINGAPORE AND SAIGON.
YOUR TELEGRAM NO. 997: R AND R IN HONG KONG.
EAST ASIA
WE HAVE SPOKEN TO BERGER (DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY, AND PACIFIC), WHO EXPRESSED UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROBLEM. THE HONG KONG DESK OFFICER, WHO WAS ALSO PRESENT, SAID HE HAD UNDERSTOOD THAT THE FILIPINOS AND KOREANS WERE INTERESTED IN THE POSSIBILITY OF R AND R VISITS TO HONG KONG, BUT HE DID NOT (NOT) KNOW THAT THEY HAD ACTUALLY BEEN MAKING ENQUIRIES OF US.
2. BERGER UNDERTOOK TO HAVE THE SITUATION LOOKED INTO AND TO GET IN TOUCH WITH US AGAIN WHEN HE HAD FURTHER INFORMATION, HE DID NOT (NOT) BELIEVE THAT THE FILIPINOS AND KOREANS HAD BEEN TOLD THAT THEY WOULD ENJOY PRECISELY THE SAME R AND R PRIVILEGES AS U.S. FORCES. HE SEEMED MILDLY SURPRISED THAT THE PROBLEM HAD NOT BEEN DEALT WITH BY THE NORMAL ANGLO AMERICAN CONSULTATIVE
PROCEDURE IN HONG KONG.
F.O. PASS HONG KONG 11, MANILA 1 SEOUL 1, POLAD SINGAPORE 4,
AND SAIGON 9.
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DEAN
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]
RECD AT 03/2148Z.
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SENT AT Ø3/2145Z
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SENT TO HONG KONG AS COMMONWEALTH OFFICE (D.T.D.) TELEGRAM
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